https://aneeshsathe.com/tags/cognitive-diversity/Recent content in Cognitive Diversity on Aneesh SatheHugoen-usFri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://aneeshsathe.com/the-cosmos-and-the-model/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://aneeshsathe.com/the-cosmos-and-the-model/<h2 id="i-the-averaging-machine"> I. The Averaging Machine <a href="#i-the-averaging-machine" class="heading-anchor">#</a> </h2> <p>In 2025, researchers at USC ran a study that produced a result nobody expected.<label for="marginnote-1" class="margin-toggle marginnote-ind"></label> <input type="checkbox" id="marginnote-1" class="margin-toggle"/> <span class="marginnote"> Atari et al., &ldquo;AI-Powered Homogenization of Scientific Reasoning,&rdquo; <em>Trends in Cognitive Sciences</em> (2026). </span> They gave people reasoning tasks, some with LLM assistance, some without. Individual performance improved. Every metric showed it: more accurate responses, faster completion, fewer errors. The LLM made each person better.</p> <p>Then they looked at the groups.</p>